UP-DATE - WORK IN PROGRESS

Today is a "day off" from the builders and their hard work.

This is because the back bedroom has now had all the plastering completed - including the ceiling and needs to dry out fully so that coving can be added. This will take place in a couple of days - on Friday

The windows have been ordered but will not arriive until 3rd November - bit if a pane (!) Still after that re-decorating can begin and the work move on.

Furthermore, the front lounge had all its plaster removed yesterday and the Damp Proof materials were injected. This stuff has to be left to soak in for two weeks before any re-plastering can take place in that room.

There will be some pauses whilst all these things are taking place.

Meantime, photos of work to date will be added as we go along to show you the progress ...

HERE'S SOME WE DID EARLIER !

Just before we go on with our current restoration works - here are some photos of the new windows and works that were carried out in April this year .....

SUNDAY REPRIEVE

Since work began on Thursday this week (23rd) we have been very busy and this short break is a good chance to play 'catch up' on this blog so that you can see what has been happening.

We packed as much of our home into some rooms - thus emptying others - so that they could be stripped to the brickwork and rafters for renovation.

This sounds easy enough; and it is really! Just takes more time than you may suppose. So we spent most of the summer since the Ivyvilla Phase 1 work took place planning what could go where etc. A lot of downstairs loung stuff was packed in the dining room and we have to live round it - see top pic !

Fortunately this house has two attics; one is a home office and the other is being turned into a sewing/art room. Initially we were going to have those rooms worked on professionally but then we realised we needed the space for storage!

So one of them got a DIY job done on it (repaired and painted) - and just as it was being admired and returned to 'normal' we put all the rest of the household belongings into it (well nearly all!)

Hear are some photos of the DIY job which does not look too bad after all

NB Our main website ALSO HAS photos on it, taken in April 2008, showing the earlier work - and link in with this blog.

More of that later.

Completed attic work done by ourselves

THE PLAN TAKES OFF

THIS WEEK saw the biggest phase of the restoration of our Victorian home.

In the spring we had some windows replaced and this was just the start of the idea of bringing the house back to life.

Over the years we had lived and worked in the house, patching up and painting as everyone does in a lifetime. However, we thought our home, built in the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee - 1887 - should have a proper 'facelift' in some of the rooms - as well as having more windows updated.

So we discussed our thoughts with our builder, Brian and his brother John, who love these old antique houses and had lots of good sound suggestions. Their skills are such that they could also put them into practice and so we bring you some of the work and results as we go along.

Have a look back at our main website to see how all of this started in the spring of 2008

Click on http://www.ivyvillacompany.com/